Excerpt from Phi Beta Kappa: Alpha of Wisconsin, CatalogueThis founder was John Heath. One of his ideas may be imagined from an early rule: The least appearance of intoxica tion or disorder of any single member by liquor, at a session, subjects him to the penalty of ten shillings.It is surprising to discover that those connected with the new fraternity had such clear conceptions of its possibilities and such definite ideas regarding its internal organization and general characteristics, things which, in the growth of most institutions of the sort, are matters of growth, indeed of slow development. There was to be the mystery of secrecy. There was to be an initiation ceremony with its oath of fealty. There was to be a medal for external display. And there was to be expansion into a national fraternity. The minutes of December 9, 1779, preface the resolution granting authority for the establishment of the. Yale chapter with the words, Whereas the Society is desirous that the Phi Beta Kappa should be extended to each of the United States.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.